Lyft Inc. became a victim of its own success Thursday when a judge rejected its bid to make peace with its drivers for offering them a tiny sliver of the company’s exploding revenue.
Now, the ride-sharing service is back in a courtroom showdown with its workforce similar to larger rival Uber Technologies Inc.’s fight against its California drivers set for a trial for June. The competing startups are on the front lines of a nationwide battle over whether the business model used in the so-called sharing economy systematically exploits workers.
